TV WATCHERS: Will Kate Gosselin survive the cut on this week's 'Dancing with Stars?'

March 29, 2010|By Irene Kraft | Of The Morning Call

At 8 p.m. tonight, Kate Gosselin and 10 other celebrities return to the ballroom dance floor on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" to present a new piece of choreography and make their second to impress the judges and win the votes viewers.

And the gossip columns are buzzing with predictions on Gosselin's fate. Will reality TV's mother of eight perform better tonight and win enough votes to survive the first round of eliminations tomorrow night?

Last week, Gosselin landed third from bottom on the Leeder board, with 16 out of 30 points from the judges. Worse, judge Bruno Toniolo told she looked like a shopping cart being pushed around the dance floor by her pro dancer partner, Tony Dovolani -- a comment that's been plastered all over the Internet.

Will all this talk work against her? Only two celebrities, soap opera star Aiden Turner and astronaut Buzz Aldrin scored lower -- 15 points for Turner and 14 for Adrin.

But 80-year-old Aldrin received a long standing ovation after his performance last Monday, more for what he's accomplished in life than what he can do on the dance floor.

Gosselin, 34, may have had her life's "accomplishments" working for her, as well. Right before she danced, ABC's aired a short clip of her eight children. And there's speculation her kids may be in the audience this week.

She says she's not letting critics and gossip get in her way. "I know it sounds coy, but I don't have time to pay attention. I'm used to backlash -- I expect it,'' Gosselin told USA Today. "I'm grateful to have a job and everybody who gives me work so I can support eight kids. That's my goal in life."

Most of her ballroom dancing practice is done in the basement of her Berks County home, where she and Dovolani practice four to six hours a day. On Sundays, she flies to Los Angeles, where DWTS is taped, and returns takes red-eye flights home Tuesdays.

"It's testing my time management skills, but I'm still balancing kids, making them home cooked meals," the supermom says.

Gosselin will find out tomorrow if she's got what it takes to survive. The elimination show at 8 p.m. tomorrow will reveal which contestant had the combined lowest scores from judges and viewer votes.

What do you think? Will Gosselin go home for good and make it through to Week 3 of "Dancing with the Stars?"